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Opposition leaders, barred from fielding any candidates for the parliamentary elections on Sunday, went to the former president’s home to show their support. Many citizens heeded opposition party calls to boycott the polls, with over three-quarters of the five million registered voters staying away. All candidates contesting the April 28 vote came from just two parties, the Republican Bloc and the Progressive Union, both allied to President Patrice Talon. Late on Tuesday, the election commission chairman Emmanuel Tiando announced that 22.99 percent of registered voters had cast ballots, according to preliminary results. Turnout has never dropped below 50 percent since the country’s transition to democracy in 1990.
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